Gold Reserves by Country
Gold Reserves
The United States is the world's largest holder of gold with official gold reserves of 8,134 tons. Germany is the second largest holder of gold in the world. The Deutsche Bundesbank currently holds approximately 3,352 tons of the metal. Central banks are the main gold buyers with net purchases of 1,045 metric tons in 2024 (1,051t in 2023). Overall the central banks hold over 36,000 metric tons of gold. Below is a list of countries with the largest gold reserves.
Gold reserves as of January 2025
| Rank | Country | Tonnes |
| 1 | United States | 8,133.5 |
| 2 | Germany | 3,351.5 |
| 3 | Italy | 2,451.8 |
| 4 | France | 2,437.0 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 2,335.9 |
| 6 | China | 2,279.6 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 1,040.0 |
| 8 | India | 876.2 |
| 9 | Japan | 846.0 |
| 10 | Turkey | 615.0 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 612.5 |
| 12 | ECB | 506.5 |
| 13 | Poland | 448.2 |
| 14 | Taiwan | 423.9 |
| 15 | Portugal | 382.7 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 382.6 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 323.1 |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 310.3 |
| 19 | Lebanon | 286.8 |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 284.1 |
| 21 | Spain | 281.6 |
| 22 | Austria | 280.0 |
| 23 | Thailand | 234.5 |
| 24 | Belgium | 227.4 |
| 25 | Singapore | 220.0 |
| 26 | Algeria | 173.6 |
| 27 | Iraq | 162.7 |
| 28 | Venezuela | 161.2 |
| 29 | Libya | 146.7 |
| 30 | Brazil | 129.7 |
| 31 | Philippines | 129.7 |
| 32 | Arab Republic of Egypt | 126.9 |
| 33 | Sweden | 125.7 |
| 34 | South Africa | 125.4 |
| 35 | Mexico | 120.3 |
| 36 | Greece | 114.5 |
| 37 | Qatar | 110.8 |
| 38 | Hungary | 110.0 |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 104.4 |
| 40 | Romania | 103.6 |
| 41 | Australia | 79.9 |
| 42 | Kuwait | 79.0 |
| 43 | Indonesia | 78.6 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 75.8 |
| 45 | Jordan | 71.6 |
| 46 | Denmark | 66.5 |
| 47 | Pakistan | 64.7 |
| 48 | Argentina | 61.7 |
| 49 | Belarus | 53.9 |
| 50 | Czech Republic | 51.2 |
| 51 | Finland | 49.0 |
| 52 | Serbia | 47.8 |